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| One of China's Artificial Islands at Fiery Cross Reef |
As a countermeasure if a ruling from an international tribunal expected in the coming weeks, China has told other Asian countries that it may leave the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea over territorial rows in the West Philippine Sea, diplomatic sources said Monday.
According to Japan Times, China worries most about in an arbitration case brought by the Philippines is a decision on the applicability of Beijing’s “nine-dash line” that ambiguously limits its claim to almost the entire disputed sea.
A case with the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague in 2013 was filed by the Philippines in a bid to invalidate the vaguely drawn territorial line.
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